Sun, Jan 13, 2013 9:19 PM in Integrated Science Practices Nightmare
David I agree with most of your points.
I think what's needed here to generate better understanding, and to avoid the traps these pairings will create when they are interpreted literally -- particularly for standardized testing -- is to offer either (a) a complete matrix showing all the practices that might make sense for teaching a particular DCI (not all practices tie well to every DCI at eve...
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Sat, Jan 12, 2013 5:18 PM in Where is ________ in NGSS?
I can't find these items so far, in either the new NGSS draft or the Frameworks ... maybe you have something you can't find also?
* Anything covering classification of organisms, kingdoms, taxonomy, etc. This is mentioned generally in the Framework under Patterns but I can't find it anywhere else.
* Discussion of mixtures in chemistry -- solubility is mentioned as a property but solutions, ...
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Sat, Jan 12, 2013 4:51 PM in Integrated Science Practices Nightmare
I feel more conflicted than Nathan about this but I have the same questions.
On the one hand, I love that the practices are there because they turn the objectives into performance objectives, and I think those offer much more powerful and often much more flexible learning outcomes than we have had in previous standards.
However, as I read the standards I can't determine the logic behind the ...
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